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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

FINALS UPDATE:NCIS (2.2) went up, putting it ahead of The Voice (and tied with Charlie Brown) in the 8:00 hour.

ABC took a rare turn atop the Tuesday standings with holiday special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (2.2) and the two-hour season finale of Dancing with the Stars (2.4). For the Peanuts special, this was even with last year's Thanksgiving Eve telecast, and it hasn't done a higher rating since 2008 (since most of its telecasts have come on lower-viewed Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day). Again, DWTS clearly didn't get as red-hot as it did late last fall, going at least 20% behind last fall's huge 3.0 finale, but this was basically in line with more normal DWTS behavior (and very close to the 2.4 finale from two years ago).

NBC had a significantly diminished The Voice (2.1), an 18% week two drop for Chicago Med(1.8) and a tiny drop from Chicago Fire (1.8). Given everything that was going against it, from a weakened lead-in to significantly increased ABC competition to the usual Thanksgiving week doldrums, it would be hard to ask for much more from Med. (And of course, it's a great result for Fire.)

As for those Thanksgiving week doldrums, they definitely hit the other two networks; NCIS (2.1) and NCIS: New Orleans (1.6) were low-ish while Limitless (1.3) dropped to a new low for CBS. And it got even worse for Fox's struggling Tuesday as Grandfathered (0.9), The Grinder (0.7) and Scream Queens (0.8) all hit new lows. CW got decent mileage out of a holiday commercials special (0.4) and a repeat of The Flash (0.3).

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

A18-49

Skew

Last%

Last#

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

2.2

37%

+0%

+69%

+16%

Dancing with the Stars

2.4

23%

+14%

+0.3

n/a

1/12

-20%

+140%

-20%

ABC:

+112%

-11%

NCIS

2.2

17%

+0%

+0.0

n/a

4/10

-12%

+0%

-12%

NCIS: New Orleans

1.6

17%

-6%

-0.1

+0.0

7/10

-30%

-6%

-30%

Limitless

1.3

25%

-7%

-0.1

-0.1

10/10

-7%

-24%

CBS:

-4%

-22%

The Voice Tue

2.1

27%

-19%

-0.5

n/a

10/10

-9%

-19%

-9%

Chicago Med

1.8

30%

-18%

-0.4

-0.5

2/2

-18%

+71%

Chicago Fire

1.8

31%

-5%

-0.1

-0.4

4/7

+13%

-5%

+13%

NBC:

-15%

+15%

Grandfathered

0.9

42%

-10%

-0.1

n/a

8/8

-10%

-40%

The Grinder

0.7

40%

-22%

-0.2

-0.1

8/8

-22%

-53%

Scream Queens

0.8

51%

-11%

-0.1

-0.2

9/9

-11%

-33%

Fox:

-14%

-41%

Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown

0.4

35%

+100%

-71%

-71%

The Flash (R)

0.3

41%

-40%

-67%

CW:

-63%

-70%

Big5:

+2%

-21%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.